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Harry A. Franck

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Harry Alverson Franck (29 June 1881 – 18 April 1962) was an American travel writer during the first half of the 20th century.

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  • A missionary assures us that if God lets Shanghai endure He owes an apology to Sodom and Gomorrah.
    • Roving Through Southern China (New York: The Century Co., 1925), ch. 1, p. 16. Paraphrased in The Hongkong Telegraph (May 5, 1927), p. 2, col. 2: "Mr. Franck in his recent book of travel in China . . . said if God permitted Shanghai to exist he ought to apologise to Sodom and Gomorrah." See also: Lennard Darbee
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